It’s almost a guarantee your iPhone was made in China. But thanks to growing economic unrest in China’s factory belt, dissatisfaction among workers has spread, leading to growing conflicts, unflinching demands and week-long …
Squishy, Soft Robots Crawl Their Way to the Cutting Edge of Science
A new breed of robots based on spineless creatures such as starfish and caterpillars could change the way humans interact with machines.
Zuck, Your Privacy’s Showing
Ah, to be the public face of a wildly successful tech company. Some of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s private photos have been made public thanks to a brief security glitch on the site.
There are some real doozies too: One …
Cyber Monday Is Over, but Huge Online Discounts Keep Coming
While Cyber Monday is gone, the deals aren’t. Actually, in some ways, they’re better than ever: At least seven retailers are offering 40% nearly everything sold on their websites.
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Is Facebook Really Worth $100 Billion?
That’s the question many people are asking amid rising chatter that the booming social network plans to go public in 2012 and raise up to $10 billion in a deal that could value the company at more than $100 billion.
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What Was Hot in 2011’s Digital Brands? Definitely Not ‘Surprise’
Looking at Adweek’s 2011 Hot List for digital brands, it appears that 2011 was a bit of a non-starter when it came to… well, anything surprising whatsoever. Not that we’re complaining: Our print magazine won coveted spots in …
Minecraft and Other Android Apps on Sale for 10 Cents
A bunch of Android apps, including hits like Minecraft, Swiftkey and SoundHound, are for the moment priced at 10 cents each. It’s not clear why these apps are so heavily discounted–it could be a glitch, or a yet-to-be-announced …
Siri Ported to iPhone 4 Again, but Is It Safe? How About Legal?
Siri, it’s so magical and wonderful and useful and friendly…as long as you have an iPhone 4S and a Ph.D. in Apple public relations, that is. Wouldn’t it be great if you could run it on a plain old iPhone 4?
Now you can, …
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Verizon Galaxy Nexus Isn’t Pure Google, May Cost $300
The Galaxy Nexus is a pure Google phone, free of bloatware and designed to run Android exactly as Google envisions it. But on Verizon Wireless, that won’t be the case.
Although the Verizon Galaxy Nexus will run a mostly …